TAM 531
Inviscid Flow
Credit: 4 hours.
Dynamics of fluids in the limit of zero viscosity: governing equations of motion, kinematics, and vorticity transport; general theory of irrotational flow, including two-dimensional potential flow, the complex potential, and three-dimensional potential flow; applications to thin airfoil theory and free streamline theory; inviscid flows with vorticity; vortex dynamics; water wave theory; and aspects of inviscid compressible flow. Prerequisite: TAM 435 or equivalent; MATH 241 (formerly MATH 243) or MATH 380; one of MATH 385, MATH 386, MATH 441.
Available fall 2006